Recognizing that climate change most severely impacts vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in the United States and around the world, and that it is the responsibility of the United States Government to work with its global partners to promote environmental justice and climate justice.

recognizes that climate change most severely impacts vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in the United States and around the world, and that it is the responsibility of the United States Government to work with its global partners to promote environmental justice and climate justice;

recognizes that all efforts to adapt to and mitigate climate change must include specific protections for and acknowledgment of the harm to communities of color, indigenous peoples, and other frontline communities around the world;

recognizes that mitigating climate change must be a global endeavor, in which the United States should act as a leader among the international community;

urges the United States Government to expand collaboration and cooperation among its global partners to pursue policies that prioritize climate adaptation among vulnerable and disadvantaged communities, given the disproportionate impact climate change has on minority communities, who are least responsible for the causes of climate change yet bear the greatest burden of its effects;

expresses the need for all countries to promote vulnerable community-focused adaptation to occur across all sectors, including in agriculture, infrastructure, and health;

recognizes and encourages all countries to undertake inclusive stakeholder engagement when developing policies to address environmental justice and climate justice; and

expresses that immediate, multilateral action is needed to drastically reduce global greenhouse gas emissions in order to mitigate the effects of climate change.